Posted 4 years ago on June 30, 2013, 8:06 p.m. EST by Builder
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Is this being discussed at all?

(quote) The US News and World Report is reporting that the DoD is blocking access to all articles related to the NSA scandal from all DoD computers. The filter reportedly effects millions of computers and potentially thousands of alternative news and civil liberties websites.(unquote)

The Agency began - "collection of bulk internet metadata" involving "communications with at least one communicant outside the United States or for which no communicant was known to be a citizen of the United States". Further ...

"Follow the Money : The Secret Heart of the Secret State'', by Chris Floyd :

Mourn the loss of usenet. Recognize that it was created in the spirit of free speech, with tax dollars, then given over to corporations for "commerce". It was available after that (1994) but only with special software for some machines and special data from IP's.

I have found a workaround for some video content, but I'm clearly being targeted, and I (of course) think it sucks that my service provider is either playing dumb, or has no idea how it's being done without their knowledge.

The full film is ~75m I believe but I am having a lot of trouble finding a link to it but this extended trailer is a step up to a previous link - which I've updated and added to and to which you kindly commented on :

I'm on the case & anticipate finding a link eventually 'B', ''keep spreading the news'' from 'NY NY' to everywhere else ;-) This is an important doc. in the style of 'Inside Job' - indeed I think that it is more imprtant than that in some ways as it is more 99% orientated & I'm very curious as to why it's proving so hard to find a working link to the whole film as 'copyright control' seems to be inordinately strict here.

''Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, has recently been detected in groundwater samples (Catalonia, Spain) at such high levels that 41 percent of them exceeded the limits of quantification.

''Groundwater feeds springs, wells and aquifers – the natural source of drinking water -- and when contaminated, threatens the health of everyone who depends on it.

''Monsanto, the maker of Roundup, has long claimed that Roundup is safe and environmentally friendly, but recent studies show it does not readily break down in the environment and is now contaminating our air, rain, water and food.

''Glyphosate has been linked to more than 20 adverse health effects, including birth defects, infertility and cancer.

''You can reduce your exposure to glyphosate-containing herbicides by avoiding genetically modified food, which are heavily contaminated with it. It’s also a wise choice to have your well or city water tested for contaminants, and install a whole-house filtration system to remove pollutants.

''The quantity of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, in the environment has been difficult to analyze due to its physicochemical properties, such as its relatively low molecular weight and low organic solvent solubility.

''However, a recent study used a magnetic particle immunoassay to test for the presence of glyphosate in roughly 140 samples of groundwater from Catalonia, Spain.'' from :

Not really my field but your inquiry intrigued me so I set to it. Hope this helps. It does not sound cheap and prejudicially, I kept away from Far Eastern suppliers who offered kits but didn't back up with enough understandable science. In the end I've opted for the Norwegian / British suppliers because I could (just about) understand what they were saying. Solidarity 'B' and give 'pork bone puppy' a big 'ruffle' from me.

Glenn Greenwald has tweeted ( https://twitter.com/ggreenwald# ) that all of Snowden's revelations are now with the press who are deciding what to release and when. The USG's pursuit of Snowden is now all about vengeance, retribution, exemplary punishment and deterrence and fck all to do with 'justice'.

''THE twin revelations that telecom carriers have been secretly giving the National Security Agency information about Americans’ phone calls, and that the N.S.A. has been capturing e-mail and other private communications from Internet companies as part of a secret program called Prism, have not enraged most Americans. Lulled, perhaps, by the Obama administration’s claims that these “modest encroachments on privacy” were approved by Congress and by federal judges, public opinion quickly migrated from shock to “meh.”

''We may never know all the details of the mass surveillance programs, but we know this: The administration has justified them through abuse of language, intentional evasion of statutory protections, secret, unreviewable investigative procedures and constitutional arguments that make a mockery of the government’s professed concern with protecting Americans’ privacy. It’s time to call the N.S.A.’s mass surveillance programs what they are : criminal.''

It's hard to discuss Internet censorship here. Before we aim at improving the Internet at large, we need to solve the censorship problem on this very forum. Our activism should start in our own back yard, before we move on towards the neighbors. Proof is in the pudding, so let's start making nice pudding.